WB Game Day V St. Kilda R2 2020

[Bumper Bulldogs]

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Skills are poor but really we lack attitude and application.

[FrediKanoute]

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St Kilda getting such clean clearances from stoppages, courtesy of their ruck dominance. By contrast we work overtime to get dirty ball inside F50.

I can't agree with that. They are running harder; running smarter; they are making the ruck work for them.

I agree English is not the finished article, but his midfield have made him look bad by being 2nd to the ball

[Happy Days]

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Like getting beat up by Grundy is one thing, but getting beat up even worse by an absolutely washed Paddy Ryder is a tragedy.

[DOG GOD]

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So anybody care to suggest where the blame for this game lies? I am a fan of Bevo, but we need to take stock whether the team he has is capable of contending. 2017 a hangover; 2018 an extended hangover; 2019 the start of a fightback.......

I’ll start with 2 glaring points...

1) we have no game plan
2) we don’t select our best available team

[josie]

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Arrgh-skills are the difference. In a short season losing is one thing but getting blown out of the water could be difference between top 8 finish or not. What has happened to our much vaunted midfield too?

[dukedog]

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So anybody care to suggest where the blame for this game lies? I am a fan of Bevo, but we need to take stock whether the team he has is capable of contending. 2017 a hangover; 2018 an extended hangover; 2019 the start of a fightback.......

100 percent have the cattle/ Types. Skills have been shit at the dogs since McCartney days. Hasn't changed. If you aren't Richmond like contest. You need skills. We have neither right now

[Sedat]

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Has anyone timed a hot 5 week patch of form better than Bailey Dale last year? Since his 3 year contract extension, he's barely touched the ball.

[Grantysghost]

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We have never got the ruck right under Bevo. Amazing really. He has a blind spot there I think.

[dukedog]

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Billy Bowers and Gardiner. Are they getting games so they can prove themselves or gone end of year?. Both are absolute junk

[comrade]

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JJ pulling out of a contest, which wasn't actually a contest, to then pretend he was injured is the highlight of the night

Old mate needs to stick with his clothing line and smoothie joint.

[Bornadog]

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JJ pulling out of a contest, which wasn't actually a contest, to then pretend he was injured is the highlight of the night

There are no highlights

[jeemak]

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So anybody care to suggest where the blame for this game lies? I am a fan of Bevo, but we need to take stock whether the team he has is capable of contending. 2017 a hangover; 2018 an extended hangover; 2019 the start of a fightback.......

The coach has gone so far up his own arse it isn't funny. If you refuse to select your best team week in week out for whatever reason everyone at the club starts to question what the hell you're doing. I've seen it happen and it's happening with us. The players know they don't have the best personnel out there and it's affecting how they play.

We also have too many players who won't do the fundamentals as well as they should.

Additionally, we're missing three players who would make us better if available in Wood, Hunter and Liberatore and the cover we have in the side isn't as competent.

But overwhelmingly this falls on the people managing the coach. It frustrates me that a continual pattern of being too cute at selection punishes us, and once rectified benefits us. How can the pattern persist without those managing the coach stepping in?

[Happy Days]

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Had anyone timed a hot 5 week patch of form better than Bailey Dale last year? Since his 3 year contract extension, he's barely touched the ball.

Dale sucks. He absolutely refuses to apply any pressure on the way out and has put in half hearted efforts his whole career.

[GVGjr]

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So anybody care to suggest where the blame for this game lies? I am a fan of Bevo, but we need to take stock whether the team he has is capable of contending. 2017 a hangover; 2018 an extended hangover; 2019 the start of a fightback.......

It's an interesting question. He has a lot of say on who we maintain on the list and who we select for the games but he needs to be given sometime to see if he can figure out what is going wrong with a number of area's including our work rate and desire.

If we put in a sub-par performance against GWS on Friday night there will be a lot of media speculation about his ability to chart the right course for us

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

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We used to have a lot of blokes who were relentless in running both ways. Those days seem long gone.
I don't know what we're trying to do strategically anymore.